Global Real Estate Manager
TravelPerk
About Us
Perk (formerly TravelPerk) is the intelligent platform for travel and spend management. Built to tackle the time-consuming, manual work that gets in the way of real work, our tools automate everything from travel bookings to expenses, invoice processing, and more. By eliminating this shadow work that wastes hours, erodes morale, and saps innovation, we’re on a mission to power real work, with real impact.
We’re trusted by more than 10,000 companies worldwide, including Wise, On Running, Breitling, and Fabletics, and we’re tackling the 7 hours of lost productivity per employee each week, a $1.7 trillion problem.
Founded in 2015, Perk has grown into a global company of more than 1,800 people across 12 offices globally, with headquarters in London and Boston. We combine innovation, control, and simplicity to transform how businesses work and how people feel at work.
At Perk, we’re driven by our values, like being an owner, delivering a 7-star experience, and working as one team. We value curiosity, purpose, and mindset, not just knowledge, to unlock the power in your potential. Our talent team brings together leading minds from travel and SaaS, representing over 70 countries. If you’re excited about having a real impact and shaping how millions of people experience work, we’d love you on the team.
Visit www.perk.com to learn more.
About the Role
We are looking for a Global Real Estate Manager based in Barcelona, who will play a pivotal role in shaping Perk’s offices worldwide. You will lead Real Estate strategy across Europe and the US, while ensuring our Central Europe hubs; Zurich, Munich, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Vienna are secure, efficient, and optimized for collaboration and creativity.
This role emphasizes strategic and operational management of our global Real Estate portfolio and Facilities operations, with a supportive focus on employee experience initiatives.
What You’ll Do
Real Estate Management:
- Own the end-to-end Real Estate strategy across all Perk offices in Europe and the US.
- Lead office searches, openings, moves, and closures, ensuring alignment with company culture, headcount growth, and operational needs.
- Negotiate leases, renewals, and contracts with landlords, brokers, and property managers, securing favorable terms while protecting Perk’s interests.
- Prepare business cases, including financial models, space utilization analysis, and strategic recommendations for leadership decisions.
- Manage timelines, budgets, and external partners to ensure high-quality execution of all Real Estate projects.
- Align Real Estate decisions with broader Workplace, Finance, and ESG strategies, including sustainability and cost-efficiency goals.
Facilities Management:
- Oversee the daily operations of our Central Europe hubs, including maintenance, cleaning, security, and other essential services.
- Develop and implement policies, procedures, and best practices to maintain high standards and prevent disruptions.
- Manage vendor relationships, coordinate repairs, renovations, and technical service implementation, ensuring compliance with health & safety and environmental regulations.
- Develop and manage emergency response, business continuity, and health & safety plans across all sites.
- Own Facilities budgets, monitor expenses, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
Experience Support (Secondary Focus):
- Support initiatives that enhance employee experience, including office look & feel, workspace layout, food & beverage offerings, and event collaboration.
- Partner with the Community Experience team to maintain a welcoming and collaborative environment.
Team Leadership:
- Lead a Workplace Experience Specialist, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and operational excellence.
- Ensure alignment with the Barcelona Workplace Experience Manager and across all hubs for a unified approach.
Stakeholder Management:
- Collaborate with senior leadership in hubs to understand priorities, provide updates on projects, and maintain transparent communication.
- Work closely with TechOps, Legal, Finance, and People teams to align on operational and strategic objectives.
What We’re Looking For
- Strong background in international Real Estate management and facilities operations.
- Hands-on experience in fast-paced startup or scale-up environments.
- Proven ability to manage vendors, budgets, and office providers at scale.
- Strong project management skills with a proactive, hands-on, problem-solving mindset.
- Exceptional communication skills in English (written and verbal), with experience collaborating with senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
- Willingness to travel occasionally to other locations or support new hub openings.
- Human-centric, creative, humble, and highly collaborative approach.
- Ownership mentality: you anticipate issues, take initiative, and deliver results.
What we offer
- 💰 Competitive compensation, including equity in the company;
- 🌴 Generous vacation days so you can rest and recharge;
- 💊 Health perks such as private healthcare;
- 💪Fitness perks such as an onsite gym & fitness app subsidy;
- 🧩 "Flexible compensation plan" to help you diversify and increase the net salary;
- 🥳 Unforgettable Perk events, including travel to one of our hubs;
- 💙 Spring Health - Get access to 12x therapy & 12x coaching sessions per year!;
- 📈 Exponential growth opportunities;
- 🫶 VolunteerPerk - We offer 16 paid hours per year that you can use to give back to society by volunteering for a charity of your choice;
- 🌎 "Work from anywhere" in the world allowance of 20 working days per year;
- 📚 IRL English or Spanish Lessons are held in the Barcelona office;
- 👶 Parental leave of 19 weeks.
How We Work
At Perk, we take an IRL-first approach to work, where our team works together in-person 3 days a week. As such, this role requires you to be based within commuting distance of our hubs. We fundamentally believe in the value of meeting in real life to improve connectivity, productivity, creativity and ultimately making us a great place to work.
For certain roles, we can help with relocation from anywhere in the world, English is the official language at the office. Please submit your resume in English if you choose to apply. Do not forget to submit an updated portfolio and/or resume.
Perk is a global company with a diverse customer base, and we want to make sure the people behind our product reflect that. We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means you’re welcome at Perk regardless of how you look, where you’re from, or anything else that makes you, well, you.
Protect Yourself from Recruitment Scams
All official communication from Perk will always come from email addresses ending in @perk.com or @externalperk.com, our verified social media channels, or recruiters listed on our official LinkedIn page. We will never ask you to pay for equipment, training, or fees, request sensitive personal information such as bank details early in the process, or communicate through unofficial apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal. If you receive a message claiming to be from Perk that seems suspicious, please do not respond. Forward it to security@perk.com, and we will confirm whether it is legitimate.